Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Jason Isaacs

He's one of my favorite actors at the moment. I've seen him in "The State Within", in "Case Histories" and recently in "Awake". He is absolutely amazing.


Jason Isaacs  was born on 6 June 1963, in Liverpool, Merseyside, to Jewish parents. The third of four sons,Isaacs attended a Jewish school and a cheder twice a week as a young adult. When he was 11, he moved with his family to Northwest London, attending the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, in Elstree, Hertsmere. He describes his childhood as "preparation" for portraying the "unattractive", villainous characters whom he has most often played. National Front members frequently harassed Isaacs and his friends throughout the 1960s and 1970s.


Following his more traditionally inclined brothers, who became respectively a doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant, Isaacs studied law at Bristol University (1982–85), but he became more actively involved in the drama society, eventually performing in over 30 plays and performing each summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, first with Bristol University and then, twice, with the National Student Drama Company. After graduating from Bristol he went immediately to train at London's Central School of Speech and Drama (1985–88). Isaacs' parents eventually emigrated to Israel.

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He has an impressive carrier.

Filmography:

  • Resident Evil: Retribution (post-production) - Dr. William Birkin (voice)
  • 2012 Awake (TV series) - Michael Britten
  • 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue - Narrator (voice)
  • 2011 Abduction - Kevin
  • 2011 El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Video Game) - Lucifel (voice)
  • 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Lucius Malfoy
  • 2011 Case Histories (TV series) - Jackson Brodie
  • 2011 Cars 2 - Siddeley (voice) / Leland Turbo (voice)
  • 2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (video) - Sinestro (voice)
  • 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - Lucius Malfoy
  • 2010 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Video Game) - Satan (voice)
  • 2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood (video) - Ra's al Ghul (voice)
  • 2010 Green Zone - Briggs
  • 2010 Napoleon: Total War (Video Game) (voice)
  • 2010 Skeletons - The Colonel
  • 2010 Pleading Guilty (TV movie) - Mack
  • 2006-2008 Brotherhood (TV series) - Michael Caffee
  • 2008 The Rain Horse (short) - John
  • 2008 Entourage (TV series) - Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
  • 2008 Good - Maurice Israel Glückstein
  • 2008 The Conspiracy - Antonio Pérez
  • 2008 The Curse of Steptoe (TV movie) - Harry H Corbett
  • 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Lucius Malfoy
  • 2007 Grindhouse - Bearded Man (segment "Don't")
  • 2006 The State Within (TV series) - Mark Brydon
  • 2006/I Scars (TV movie) - Chris
  • 2006 Friends with Money - David
  • 2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV series) - Admiral Zhao / Commander Zhao / Zhao
  • 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Lucius Malfoy
  • 2005 Spartan: Total Warrior (Video Game) - Sejanus (voice)
  • 2005 Tennis, Anyone...? - Johnny Green
  • 2005 The Chumscrubber - Mr. Parker
  • 2005 Nine Lives - Damian
  • 2005 Elektra - DeMarco (uncredited)
  • 2004 Battle of the Brave - Général James Wolfe
  • 2004 The West Wing (TV series) - Colin Ayres
  • 2004 Future Tactics: The Uprising (Video Game) (voice)
  • 2003 Peter Pan - Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
  • 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Lucius Malfoy
  • 2002 Reign of Fire (Video Game) (voice)
  • 2002 The Tuxedo - Clark Devlin
  • 2002 High Times Potluck - Arneau
  • 2002 Passionada - Charles Beck
  • 2002 Windtalkers - Major Mellitz
  • 2002 Resident Evil - Dr. William Birkin (uncredited) / Narrator (uncredited)
  • 2001 Black Hawk Down - Steele
  • 2001 Hotel - Australian Actor
  • 2001 The Last Minute - Dave 'Percy' Sledge
  • 2001 The Tag (short) - Robert
  • 2001 Sweet November - Chaz Watley
  • 2000 The Sight (TV movie) - Ghost (uncredited)
  • 2000 The Patriot - Col. William Tavington
  • 1999 The End of the Affair - Father Richard Smythe
  • 1999 Burn Your Phone (short) - The Killer
  • 1998/I Soldier - Colonel Mekum
  • 1998 St. Ives - Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
  • 1998 Divorcing Jack - Cow Pat Keegan
  • 1998/I Armageddon - Ronald Quincy
  • 1998 The Last Don II (TV mini-series) - Father Luca Tonarini
  • 1997 The Fix (TV movie) - Tony Kay
  • 1997 Event Horizon - D.J.
  • 1996 DragonHeart - Lord Felton
  • 1996 Guardians - Jim Reed
  • 1995 Loved Up (TV movie) - Dez 2
  • 1995 Dangerous Lady (TV mini-series) - Michael Ryan
  • 1995 Boon (TV series) - Mike Puckett
  • 1995 Solitaire for 2 - Harry
  • 1995 A Relative Stranger (TV movie) - Peter Fraiman
  • 1994 Shopping - Market Trader
  • 1994 Beneath a Steel Sky (Video Game) - Ken (voice) (uncredited)
  • 1993 Highlander (TV series) - Zachary Blaine
  • 1992 Civvies (TV series) - Frank Dillon
  • 1992 Inspector Morse (TV series) - Dr. Desmond Collier
  • 1992 Taggart (TV series) - Barr
  • 1991 Ashenden (TV mini-series) -  Andrew Lehman
  • 1991 Eye Contact (TV movie) - Michael Lewis
  • 1991 The Heroic Legend of Arislan - Lajendra (voice: English version)
  • 1989-1990 Capital City (TV series) - Chas Ewell
  • 1990 TECX (TV series) - Edward Latham
  • 1989 The Tall Guy - Doctor 2
  • 1988 This Is David Lander (TV series) - Dr. Guy Chadbot
Source: imdb, Wikipedia

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